The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-06-09

"You said you didn't care forIquali-
ty Of the goods. and you y you
cant match goods without yoke IN
to consideration quality and cl both.
If you want that quality Of Ids in
red, you ought to get Turkey"
| did not think it necessaio an
swer this remark, but said:
'sEhen you've got nothing tmatch
thispn
mo, sir. But perhaps tht may
have it in the upholstery depiment,
in the sixth story"
So | got on the elevator, an went
up to the top of the house. Y.
Have you any red stuff like FhisP'
l said to a young man.
Red stuffp Upholstery department.
other end of this floor"
Il want some red Calico" I said to
a man.
Furniture goodsp' he askesE
Eyes said I.
Fourth counter to the left"
l went to the fourth counter to the
left, and showed my sample to a sales
lar He looked at it. and said:
You'll get this down on the first
ioor-calico department."
I turned on my heel, descended on
the elevator, and went out on Broad
way. I was thoroughly sick Of red
calico. But [ determined to make one
more trial. My wife had bought her
red calico not long before, and there
must be some to be had somewhere. I
ought to have asked her where she
bought it, but I thought a simple little
thing like that" could be bought any
where.
l went into another large dry goods
store. As l entered the store a sudden
~tremor seized me. I could not bear to
take out that p zee of red calico. If
had had any other kind of a rag about
me-a p%en-wiper or anything of the
sort-I think Iwould have asked them
if they could match that.
Butt stepped up to a young woman
and presented my sample, with the
usual question, 49,:
she said. i
l went there. r.
"Have you any red calico like this?'
I asked Of the lady behind the counter.
NO, sir" she said, ''but we have it
in Turkey-red." -.
Turke7-red again. I surrendered.
"Ai l,ght,' said, ''ggive mo Tur-
key.red."
"How.much SIR" she asked.
Il don't know-say five yards i
The lady looked at me ratherstrange-
ly, but measured off five yards of T1r-
key-red calico.
Then she raped on the counter and
called out "Cash!'. A little girl, with
yellow hair in two long plaits- esrv
up. The lady wrote ths num-
Der of yards, tile name of the goods,
hn~ own number, tffc" prize, Jlv amount
If the bank-note I handed her. and
some other matters, probably sAe color
If my eyes and the direction and vel
ocity of the wind on a slip of paper.
She then copied all this in a title book
which she kept by her. Then she
handed the slip of paper, the money
md the Turkey red to the yellow-hair-
girl. This young girl copied the
slip in q little book. she carried, and
thcn she went away with the calico,
the paper slip and the money. r.
After a very long time-during which
the little girl probably took the goods,
the money and the slip to some central
desk, where the note was received, its
amount and number entered in a book,
given to the girl, a copy Of the
slip made and entered, girls entry ex-
amined and approved, goods wrapped
up, girl registered, plaits counted and
on a slip of paper and copied
by the girl in her book, girl taken to
hydrant and washed, number of
towel entered on a paper slip and cop
led by the girl in her book, value of my
note and amount of change branded
somewhere on the child, and said pro-
noted ON a slip of paper and cop
led in her book-the girl came to me,
bringing my change n the package
Of T%urkey-red calico.
l had time for but very little work at
the Office that afternoon, and when I
reached home 1 handed the package of
calico to my wife. She unrolled it and
''Why, this don't match the piece I
gave you!" 81
'Match it!' I cried. 20, no! it don't
match it. You didn't want that match
ed. You were mistaken. What you
wanted was Turkey-red-third counter
to the left. I mean Turkey-red is
what they use"
My wife looked at me in amazement,
and then I detailed 10 her nv troubles.
SWELL" said she, This T%urkey-red
IS a great deal prettier than what Ihad,
and you have got SO much OF it that I
needn't use the other at all. I wish I
had thought OF ~Turkey-red before"
II wish from my heart you had"
said I,r-Fruak T. Skocktou.%a~asa~say,